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January 2021 – Monthly Changelog

New Features:

  • We released the Tax and VAT Manager Add-On, click here for more information.
  • We created a new Post setting called “Enable Results for Global Website Search”. This setting will control whether or not the post type will be included in the results of searches using the Global Website Search Add-On.
  • We created a new Advanced Setting called “Froala Plain Paste”. When this is enabled the Froala WYSIWYG will strip all of the rich formatting from content pasted from external sources.
  • We created a new Design Setting called “Button Corners Style” to easily change the design of the buttons of the site. To use this new feature navigate to the Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> General tab >> Default Button Links Color section.
  • We created a new Email Template variable called “url_origin” which indicates the URL of the page a form was submitted from.
  • We released the Side-by-Side Pricing Plans Add-On, click here for more information.
  • We released the Post Affiliate Pro Integration Add-On, click here for more information.
  • We released the ShareaSale Affiliate Integration, click here for more information.
  • We added the ability to manually edit the URL of member posts on the Manage Post page in the Admin.
  • We created a new Comment Post setting called “Display Comments Count in Search Results” to control whether or not the total number of comments published for a specific post will display on searcch results pages. In order to use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> Content >> Post Comments >> Comment Settings.
  • We added two new options to the “Website Logo Mobile View” Design Setting: the “Logo Compact View” and “Favicon Compact View” options.
  • We added the ability to add videos to multi-image Post Types. In order to use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> Content >> Edit Post Settings >> Edit >> General Settings tab >> Additional Settings.


Enhancements / Fixes:

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing dropdowns in the form from working properly when creating a new Membership Plan in some cases.
  • The “My Saved Member” text on the Member Dashboard is now a Text Label.
  • We implemented a security update for the Insta-Load Search Results Add-On to prevent SQL injections.
  • We updated the Form Manager to support HTML entities in the “Separate Option with Commas” field when editing a checkbox field in a form.
  • The Predictive Keyword Search Add-On is now compatible with the “Hide Parent Account” Membership Plan setting.
  • We updated the display of Billing Transaction data on the Activity Tracker page in the Admin.
  • The “Go Back to Parent Account” text shown when logged in as a Sub-Account is now a Text Label.
  • The Reviews datatable in the Member Dashboard is now compatible with Text Labels.
  • We updated the Multi-Location Listing Add-On in order to show an alert notification when the member reaches the limit set for the “Max. Location Limit” Membership Plan setting.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to save default latitude and longitude data for a member even when they have not entered any location information for their profile.
  • We now display a “Custom Widget Page” tag on pages in the Web Page Builder that have been set as “Custom Widget Web Page”.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing Admins from sending an email using the “Compose Email” feature if the email address contained a special character in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to allow one additional lead to be submitted than the number specified in the “Maximum Lead Inquiries per Day” Leads Setting.
  • Using the “Invite Admin via Email” action in the Admin is now being logged in the Activity Tracker.
  • The Reset Password Form is now compatible with Text Labels.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Import Members feature from importing the Top Category of the members in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Insta-Load Search Results Add-On to load inaccurate search results in some cases.
  • We updated the “Posted by Snippet” widget on post details pages to support special characters in post category URLs.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing members from being able to delete posts from the Member Dashboard when there are 30,000+ posts of the same type saved on the site.
  • The Dynamic Category Filter Add-On is now compatible with the “Module Font Color” Design Setting.
  • We fixed minor UI issues with the Batch Geocoder Tool in the Admin.
  • We updated the “Permalink Structure” data shown in the Web Page Builder in the Admin to display the page’s URL instead of the post type name when the Page Type of a page is set as “Post Search Results”.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving the “Overlay Color” Hero Section setting when creating/editing a page in the Web Page Builder in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the “%%Data_Name%%” variable from resolving correctly on Post Search Results pages.
  • We deprecated the “Bootstrap Theme – Module – Sidebar Navigation Links” widget.
  • The Chat Message datatable in the Member Dashboard area is now fully compatible with Text Labels.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to search by keyword on the Coupons Code page in the Admin.
  • The “Verify Member Icon” on the “Verify Your Identity” page in the Member Dashboard area will now always use the “Verify Member Icon” image set on the Brand Images section of the General Settings page in the Admin.
  • We updated the logic of the Blog and Articles with Sidebar streaming widgets in order to display full-width when no sidebar is selected.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Multi-Location Listing Add-On from displaying the number of locations a member has been listed in on the Service Areas page in the Member Dashboard when one of the locations contained a dash in its name.
  • We created separate Text Labels for all text related to the Newsletter Signup forms and modules used on the front-end of sites.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from respecting the search results title font size in some cases.
  • The Facebook Website Chat Add-On is now compatible with the Default Website Language setting.
  • The “Public Main Menu” and “Members Main Menu” Design Settings will now only allow selecting menus which include the words “Main Menu” in the name of the Menu.
  • We updated the Stripe Payment Gateway logic in order to support international payments when the site is located in India.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to import members via CSV file in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the member login logic from working properly when there is no Recaptcha credentials on the site in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Homepage Product Search widget from returning accurate data from the categories and price slider fields in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from loading the Post forms when creating/editing a post in the Member Dashboard area when the Post filename includes a number as part of the URL.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing Admins from sending an email using the “Send Email Notification” feature from the Transaction History page if the email address contained a special character in some cases.
  • We fixed a design issue which was causing the One-Click Social Login buttons to look misaligned when when using the Add-On on pages other than the login page in some cases.
  • We implemented a set of design updates to the Member Content tab on the Member Account Details page in the Admin.
  • We added pagination to the Membership Plans page in the Admin to speed up the loading of the page for sites that have dozens of Membership Plans.
  • The “Please enter the same value” validation error text on signup forms is now compatible with Text Labels.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the “Max. Sub-Level Categories Member Can Select” Membership Plan setting from working properly when the “All” value has been set in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing Header Main Menu dropdown items to hide behind the Homepage Hero image when using the Safari web browser in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving the “Member Specialties” Post Type when clicking on the “Save Changes” button.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from returning accurate post search results when using the location search field in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from charging tax on member upgrades when the Tax & VAT Manager Add-On is active on a site.
  • We updated some areas in the Member Dashboard that were not using the “Verify Member Icon” image specified in the Brand Images section of the General Settings page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to match leads submitted through the site’s “Get Matched” form with the logged-in member who submitted the lead rather than using the expected lead matching logic.
  • The Pay Per Post alert modal displayed when a member is paying for a post is now compatible with Text Labels.
  • We improved the URL validation across the Web Page Builder, Member Categories, SEO Template and Edit Post Settings page in the Admin.
  • The “Search Results” text on the Profile Stats page in the Member Dashboard area is now a Text Label.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to automatically choose New York as the location when the “Detect Visitor Location” Design Setting is activate on a site in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue that was preventing the system from displaying the “Processing” icon when saving a lead note on the Manage Leads page in the Admin.
  • We implemented an update in order to not load the WebsiteScript.js file when the Page Type of a Web Page has been set as “Custom Widget as Web Page”.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from sending the Reset Password email after the “Retrieve Password” form was submitted in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from returning accurate results when using the “Price” search field on post search results pages in some cases.
  • We improved the validation of the recipients field to prevent entering more than 5 email addresses at a time on the Compose Email page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the selected Font to not be applied correctly on the Front-End of sites in some cases.
  • We updated the Manage Add-Ons page in the Admin in order to add the ability to filter Add-Ons by status.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to remove the category GET parameter in the “og:url” meta tag and canonical URL in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the Youtube video thumbnail on videos search results pages in some cases.
  • We moved the Smart List menu item from the Emails section to the Members section on the Admin Sidebar menu in the Admin area.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from charging tax amount when a member signs up using the Free-Trial Period Add-On in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from charging for the One-Time Setup fee when creating new orders from the Admin in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the member sidebar menu on mobile devices when the hero section is enabled on static pages in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the search results pagination when the Insta-Load Search Results Add-On is not active on a site.
  • We implemented an update in order to improve the loading time of the member search results pages when using the Multi-Member Manager Add-on.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Simple Events Calendar to not display events which start and end on the same day in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the pagination on the Member Categories page >> Sub-Level tab when using the parent category filter in the Admin.
  • We implemented a security update in order to prevent code injections on the Search Members page in the Admin.
  • We updated the documentation links of some Add-Ons on the Manage Add-Ons page in the Admin.
  • We deprecated the “Account Status” field when creating/editing Admin Accounts.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from respecting the currency suffix and prefix on post search results and details pages on the front-end of sites.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from auto-translating form fields that display a calendar in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to restore the default Image Settings inn the Admin in some cases.
  • The “Enter your Review” field on the Listing – Write a Review form is now compatible with the Froala WYSIWYG.
  • The dash symbol “-” on the member sidebar menu is now a Text Label.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from automatically filling the “From Name” and “From Email” fields when using the Email Member feature on the Manage Post page in the Admin.
  • In all, over 120 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.

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